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When Linda Greene graduated from Columbia University with a master's degree in clinical social work in 1990, she had no idea that she would one day be standing outside a gathering of Columbia alumni, holding a sign declaring her shame over her alma mater's actions. "I pursued graduate studies at Columbia to enhance my ability to be of service to others," says Greene. "It's painful to me that an institution of which I had been so proud has let me down so profoundly."
Greene learned about the experiments being conducted in Columbia's labs from PETA's Animal Times magazine. "I've been a PETA member for years. When I learned that Columbia was conducting gruesome experiments on primates, I knew I had to do something to stop it." Greene called PETA immediately, learned that a demonstration had been scheduled for her town, and got to work creating a sign of her own. "I intend to let Columbia officials know that I won't be donating any money to them until they permanently end the experiments of E. Sander Connolly, Michel Ferin, and Raymond Stark, and I encourage my fellow Columbia alumni to do the same," says Greene. Greene brings to this campaign the same energy she puts into everything. A compassionate activist, she was recently given the Connecticut State Commissioner's AIDS Leadership Award for her tireless work in teen AIDS prevention and education. "I view my concern for animals as an extension of my concern for people," says the dynamo. "There can be no moral justification for the torment and abuse of any living creature; such actions serve only to debase us as human beings. They are never a matter of necessity or right, simply a matter of might." AC 8210 03/31/04 |
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